The Rocky Mountain Rangers

Armorial Description

The head of a mountain sheep within an annulus inscribed ROCKY MOUNTAIN RANGERS; the annulus surmounted by the Crown and flanked by two sprigs of maple leaves; below, a scroll inscribed with the motto KLOSHE NANITCH.

Official Abbreviation: RM Rang

Motto: Kloshe Nanitch (Keep a good lookout or ever watch)

Battle Honours (6)

First World War

Authorized Marches:
Quick March: The Meeting of the Waters

Regimental Headquarters:
JR Vicars Armoury
Box 3250
Kamloops, BC
V2C 6B8

Location of Sub Units:
Headquarters, A Company, Administration Company
Kamloops, BC

Alliances:
The Green Howards
(Alexandra, Princess of Wale's Own Yorkshire Regiment)
Richmond, North Yorkshire, England

Location of Museums:
Regimental Church
St. Paul's Cathedral
Kamloops, BC
Museum
JR Vicars Armoury
Kamloops, BC
Cenotaphs
Kamloops, BC
Merritt, BC
Salmon Arm, BC
Revelstoke, BC

Order of Precedence: 37

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OCE

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Today in Military History

March 17

1941:

Halfway between Iceland and southern Norway, off the Faeroe Islands, the Canadian merchantman J.B. White is torpedoed and sunk by U-99 with a loss of two of her crew of 40. This would be one of the most costly U-boat attacks of the war on Allied supply lines. A total of 88 merchant ships in two convoys; HX229 and SC122 with four destroyers and two corvettes as escorts, lose a total of 22 vessels to U-boat pack attacks.

1942:

MacArthur flies to Darwin, Australia; promises "I shall return" to the Philippines

1945:

While involved in mine-sweeping duties, HMCS GUYSBOROUGH is torpedoed and sunk by U-878 off Brest, France with the loss of 51 of her crew.

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